Fighter jets were scrambled in Latvia due to a suspicious flying object
Kyiv • UNN
On the morning of September 17, an unidentified flying object was spotted near Latvia's border with belarus. NATO sent fighter jets from the Lielvarde base to investigate, but no suspicious objects were found.
This morning, near the Latvian border, the air force detected a flying object of unknown shape that approached the border and crossed it in the Kraslava district, which borders belarus. This was reported by the Latvian Ministry of Defense, UNN reported.
On September 17 in the morning, at about 09:00, near the Latvian border, the Air Force of the National Armed Forces detected an unidentified flying object of unknown shape that approached the border of Latvia and belarus and crossed it in the territory of Kraslava district. Fighter jets of the NATO Air Policing Mission from the Lielvarde military base were sent in to survey the area
It is noted that the fighter jets that surveyed Latvian airspace did not detect any suspicious objects and therefore returned to their home cities.
Recall
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs reportedthat a russian military drone crashed in eastern Latvia on September 7.
